Women's Press Club of Toronto fonds [multiple media]. 1909-1995; predominant 1950-1985.

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Women's Press Club of Toronto fonds [multiple media]. 1909-1995; predominant 1950-1985.

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The fonds consists of records documenting Toronto Branch operation during the period of the 1960's to 1980's, including constitution and by-laws, correspondence 1965-1991, minutes of regular and executive meetings, 1968-1989, a file on the closing of the Club's premises at 44 York St., Toronto, and scrapbooks of club activities and personalities. Historical materials include textual records, photographs, publications and scrapbooks. The earliest scrapbook is dated 1921 and contains biographies and photographs of members. Trips taken by C.W.P.C members in 1950 and 1955 to the United Kingdom, Europe and Russia are documented through members' files, photographs, and scrapbooks.

1.5 m. of textual records and other material.

University of Waterloo Library, UW Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8084039

University of Waterloo Library, UW Library

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University of Waterloo. Library. Women's Studies Collection.

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Rex, Kay

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Media Club of Canada. Toronto Branch.

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Canadian Women's Press Club. Toronto Branch.

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The Canadian Women's Press Club was founded in 1904 by a group of Canadian woman reporters returning from a complimentary trip to the St. Louis Exposition. They did so at the suggestion of George Henry Ham, the CPR's publicity director, and the first president was Kathleen Blake "Kit" Coleman. The Toronto Branch was founded in 1909, one of 15 regional branches organized over the years. Established as a "craft club" to help and promote its members in the profession of journalism, the Club remaine...